What I'm Wearing | Mixed Prints!

12:00 AM

Mixed prints is a trend that I've been loving for a while and I've really been wanting to jump head first into it. My husband who was a teenager in the 70's, said back in his day this look was referred to as "tacky"! LOL I explained to him that EVERYTHING about the 70's was pretty much tacky! Don't get me started on those shiny three-piece suits and fly collar shirts!

My idea of print mixing is to at least make sure all of the colors "blend". Black and white polka dots... there's black and white in the printed skirt. There is brown/tan also in the skirt and it's carried over to the leopard print shoes.

But the way I see it, leopard functions as a neutral and goes with everything!

Let's talk about sewing mojo. Mine has gone missing. This is something that seems to happen every year around this time. I want to sew fall clothes so badly, but it's 91 degrees and humid. Not conducive to wearing woolens and tweeds... sigh. So I get in a sewing funk. But I'm on the verge of shaking it. So far, I've taken this time to sort through patterns that I've been saying that I wanted to sew for a while now to add them to the top of my list. I've also made a list of fabrics that I want to buy. And I've allowed myself the time to flip through the September magazines. There are several trends that I MUST have. I'll talk about those later. Also, September brings homecoming! So whether I want to sew or not, this weekend I'll be working on Mikaela's homecoming dress. Look for a post on that by September 15th.

Artfully done. Print mixing is hard to pull of, but stunning when it works. And your ensemble works!I hear you about the sewing funk. I have a lot of other draws on my time right now, but Autumn comes quickly in Northern Europe. So, I shouldn't shilly shally!

I'm with you on the missing mojo too. I had to FORCE myself to get back into things. I had such high hopes for sewing this summer...and then boom...no physical desire to do so. bleh. Alas, I started forcing my brain into thinking about fall/winter (I even created a fashion diary/list--let's see how that goes).

LOVE that outfit (especially those shoes!!) You ROCKED the heck out of those prints!